GB2RS
GOTA2C construction competition winners
The RSGB’s Get on the air to care construction competition was for projects made during the Autumn 2020 lockdown, the Christmas and New Year holiday period or the early 2021 lockdown. The Society was delighted to receive 27 entries from 15 entrants and the standard was very high. To reflect this, the judges awarded four […]
RSGB election candidates
The nomination period closed at 2359 on 31 January and we are pleased to report that the following candidates were duly nominated: President Dr Stewart Bryant, G3YSX Simone Wilson, M0BOX Elected Board Director John Louis Spurgeon, G4LKD Rob Wilkes, 2W0HQD Dave Wilson, M0OBW Simone Wilson, M0BOX Christopher Wood, GD6TWF As there are more candidates than […]
Next YOTA talk details
The next Youngsters On The Air talk will take place on the 25th of February at 1900UTC. In this newest episode, the team will present the main topic on Gone exploring! They plan to discuss activities like Islands on the Air, Summits on the Air and World Wide Flora and Fauna in Amateur Radio. It […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
The IARU Region 1 has an interesting article by Tom, DF5JL on its website at iaru-r1.org. It is called How far you can turn the dial when transmitting in SSB voice mode? It’s only short but gives really clear advice. Congratulations to South Kesteven ARS as they celebrate the club’s 10th anniversary during February. Club […]
DX News – 14 February 2021
Gareth, M0MOL will be active as MM0MOL/P from the main island of Shetland, IOTA reference EU-012, in February and March. He will operate with what he refers to as a typical portable QRP setup and will be QRV mainly in the evenings after work. 3W9FAR is the callsign that Sebastian, SP5FAR will be using from […]
Special Events News – 14 February 2021
Coventry is The City of Culture in 2021. GB1COC is being operated on behalf of Coventry ARS by Brian, G8GMU. He will be mainly on the 80m band using SSB, 2m FM and digital speech modes. Operation will be between the 14th of February and the 13th of March. The club plans to renew the […]